Stewardship Is Not a Slogan: The Case for Our Longline Fleet at Rose Atoll
The recent op-ed defending the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument is beautifully written. Its invocations of fa'a Samoa, of tautua — service — of our ancestors' wisdom, are genuinely moving.

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